Coventry Blaze forward Ashley Tait says Great Britain’s two games against Poland next month will be perfect preparation for the upcoming World Championship in Zagreb. GB take on Poland at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham on Saturday 9th April (7:30pm) and then the two sides meet in the Skydome in Coventry the following day,…
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Great Britain head coach Pete Russell has named a 28-man squad for two international fixtures against Poland ahead of the forthcoming IIHF World Championship in Croatia. The squad will have a three-day training camp in Coventry ahead of the two games, after which it will be reduced to the 23 players to travel to Zagreb….
England U19s have announced their roster for the 2016 England v Scotland game on Friday 29th April 2016 at Ice Sheffield. This game has now become an annual favourite and gets the old rivalry between England Scotland right into play from the start of the event. Entry is free for this one game and face-off…
Two top Swedish officials will be involved in this weekend’s fixtures as part of the Elite League’s referee and linesman development programme. Jim Bergqvist and David Herrwaldsson will be officiating in Manchester on Saturday and Coventry on Sunday. Ice Hockey UK referee in chief Simon Kirkham explained why the pair have come to the UK….
Great Britain Under-18s have made a roster change ahead of the upcoming World Championship in Brasov next month. Bracknell Bees defenceman Tom Relf has been called up to replace the injured Cameron Pound. GB U18s head coach, Martin Grubb, said: “We are very disappointed to lose Cam as he had a very good tournament last…
Full details and timings have been confirmed for the first Ice Hockey UK Under-20s National Finals weekend. The event, which is being held at the Dumfries Ice Bowl in Scotland, will take place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May 2016. The two top teams from the EIHA Under-20 leagues and the top two teams from…
Bob Wilkinson has become the first person to appointed as an honorary board member of Ice Hockey UK. He has been involved in ice hockey in the UK for more than 35 years and has served in numerous high-profile roles within the sport, including chairman of IHUK. His love of ice hockey began in Durham…
The GB University Women’s team would like to announce the forthcoming trial dates and times to all female ice hockey players who would be interested in representing their country. The GBW Uni. team has competed previously at the FISU World University Games (or Winter Universiade) and have ran alongside the GB Men’s University team. The…
Host Croatia will be joined by Ukraine, Great Britain, Lithuania, Estonia and Romania in the six-team round-robin tournament in which the winner will be promoted to next year’s Division I Group A. All 15 games will take place at Dom Sportova, which is also the home arena of Medvescak Zagreb. The Croatian club that plays…
The GB Women coaching staff look back on their first year in charge of the programme. Cheryl Smith and Michelle Smith took over ahead of the 2015 World Championship in Dumfries and led the squad to a silver medal. James Ashton has recently been added to the coaching staff and the trio took GB U18…
Great Britain head coach Pete Russell has named a 37-man long-list squad for April’s World Championship in Zagreb. The squad will be cut to 28 for the pre-World Championship training camp which will get under way on 6th April 2016 and will include two games against Poland, taking place at the National Ice Centre in…
Scotland have announced their Under-19s squad for the EIHA Conference, which will take place at Ice Sheffield at the end of April. Head coach Steven Lynch has called upon a variety of players from different leagues to take on their English counterparts in the showpiece game. This year’s U19 international is on Friday 29 April…